A new, simple, and rapid assay for conjugated bilirubin that does not require serum-matrix standards was developed by using the enzyme bilirubin oxidase (EC 1.3.3.5). This procedure can also be modified to measure total bilirubin. Measurements from these assays were compared with results obtained with the Sigma 605 (Jendrassik-Gróf method), Sigma 550/551 (Walters-Gerarde method), and Kodak Ekta...

Luciana Reichert da Silva Assunção1, Karina Gerhardt Bianco1, Pedro Ivo Santos Silva3, Carla Oliveira Favretto1 and Robson Frederico Cunha2* 1Post doctoral student, School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil 2Adjunct professor, Department of Pediatric and Social Dentistry, School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba...

We sequenced the metagenome of a granular sludge in a nitritation/anammox bioreactor used for the treatment of ammonium-rich wastewater. Proteobacteria, Planctomycetes, Bacteroidetes, Chloroflexi, Ignavibacteriae, and Acidobacteria were the predominant phyla in the studied bioreactor. Binning of contigs yielded a near-complete genome of the dominant anammox bacterium assigned to the candidate g...

This study investigated the age related variations in luteinizing hormone (LH), androstenedione, testosterone, and total estrogens response to exogenous gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in Holstein-Friesian (HF) × Tharparkar bull calves. Fifteen bull calves were selected and, based on their age, were divided into Group I (14-16 months, n = 5), Group II (9-12 months, n = 5), and Group III (...

AIM The virulence-associated protein-A of Staphylococcus aureus, encoded by spa gene shows a variation in length in different strains. In this study, the spa gene variation in S. aureus strains was studied which were isolated from subclinical cases of bovine mastitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS About 38 isolatesof S. aureus were recovered from Holstein-Friesian (HF) crossbred (n=16) and Rathi catt...

1886 CMAJ, November 8, 2011, 183(16) © 2011 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors Jusie (Yoo-sie) had many stories to tell and I only had an hour before I had to catch my flight back to Montréal. “I could tell you stories for two days,” he said, gesturing from the chair beside my desk. Jusie was 82 years old and had been referred to me for quite another matter. A small compact man with ...

Phase dependent modulation of percutaneously elicited multisegmental muscle 1 responses after spinal cord injury 2 3 Christine J Dy, Yury P. Gerasimenko, V. Reggie Edgerton, Poul Dyhre-Poulsen , 4 Grégoire Courtine, and Susan J. Harkema 5 6 1. Department of Physiological Science, 2. Neurobiology, and 3. the Brain Research Institute, 7 University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. 4. P...

The poison frog genus Ameerega (Dendrobatidae) currently contains 32 species. They are distributed from central Brazil into western Amazonia to the lower Andean versant. In addition, three trans-Andean species have been allocated to Ameerega (Andrade et al. 2013; Frost 2014). Ameerega berohoka (Vaz-Silva & Maciel 2011) was described based on specimens from central Brazil (type-locality: Arenópo...

Cardiohepatic Interactions – from Humoral Theory to Organ Transplantation Odilson Marcos Silvestre1, Fernando Bacal1, Rafael Oliveira Ximenes2, Flair José Carrilho2, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’Albuquerque2, Alberto Queiroz Farias2 Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo1; Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de S...

Pengemudian motor sinkron magnet permanen (PMSM) mempunyai banyak keuntungan dibandingkan pengemudian motor lainnya, misal efisiensi tinggi dan kerapatan daya tinggi. Khususnya, PMSM adalah membuka peradaban baru dan semakin intensif dipelajari para peneliti, ilmuwan dan insinyur. Makalah ini menguraikan sebuah pengendali baru unjuk kerja tinggi berbasis algoritma genetik. Skema ini memungkinka...